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Bohlen v. Mid-American Fire Cas. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1988
40 Ohio St. 3d 80 (Ohio 1988)

Opinion

No. 88-1620

Submitted October 25, 1988 —

Decided December 14, 1988.

Insurance — Underinsured motorist coverage — Wrongful death — Each person entitled to recover under R.C. 2125.02 has separate claim.

APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Wayne County, No. 2337.

Scanlon Gearinger Co., L.P.A., Timothy F. Scanlon, Kropf, Wagner Hohenberger and Richard S. Wagner, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Roetzel Andress, George A. Clark and Timothy S. Guster, for appellee and cross-appellant.


The motion to certify the record is allowed and the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on authority of Wood v. Shepard (1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 86, 526 N.E.2d 1089. The cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with Wood. The cross-motion to certify the record is overruled.

MOYER, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, HOLMES, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT and H. BROWN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Bohlen v. Mid-American Fire Cas. Co.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1988
40 Ohio St. 3d 80 (Ohio 1988)
Case details for

Bohlen v. Mid-American Fire Cas. Co.

Case Details

Full title:BOHLEN ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES, v. MID-AMERICAN FIRE…

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 14, 1988

Citations

40 Ohio St. 3d 80 (Ohio 1988)
531 N.E.2d 719

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